WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.000 Tech news is coming in a sec, but first, whale facts. 00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:07.960 Sperm whales can sleep vertically, whale facts. When I was five, I thought a whale lived in the deep end 00:00:07.960 --> 00:00:12.000 of the pool at the community center by my house and as a result, didn't learn to swim until I was 12. 00:00:12.000 --> 00:00:16.360 Whale facts, there's a whale land happening on February 21st in 20 seconds. 00:00:16.360 --> 00:00:19.720 So buy tickets at the link below. It's about gaming, not whales so much, 00:00:19.720 --> 00:00:25.280 but NVIDIA reportedly isn't releasing any new RTX gaming GPUs in 2026 00:00:25.280 --> 00:00:29.120 with rumored RTX 60 series now being potentially delayed 00:00:29.160 --> 00:00:33.600 until 2028. According to insiders who spoke to the information, 00:00:33.600 --> 00:00:36.720 the problem is supply constraints on VRAM, 00:00:36.720 --> 00:00:42.160 if you could believe it. NVIDIA says demand for GeForce cards is strong, 00:00:42.160 --> 00:00:47.240 but supply remains tight, forcing the company to focus on shipping existing models 00:00:47.240 --> 00:00:53.080 instead of launching new ones, which is funny because NVIDIA is also reportedly cutting production 00:00:53.080 --> 00:00:56.200 of some current GPUs by around 20% 00:00:56.320 --> 00:01:00.760 and prioritizing lower VRAM cards to stretch available memory. 00:01:00.760 --> 00:01:05.640 Even worse, delaying the refresh would mean that mass production of the RTX 60 series 00:01:05.640 --> 00:01:09.240 wouldn't actually start until the tail end of 2027. 00:01:09.240 --> 00:01:16.240 Now, considering that previous rumors had the RTX 5070 Ti Super sporting 24 gigs of GDDR7, 00:01:17.120 --> 00:01:20.520 I guess I can kind of see where NVIDIA is coming from. 00:01:20.520 --> 00:01:26.160 I mean, you know, we didn't want new GPUs anyways. We know those are only for data centers now. 00:01:26.360 --> 00:01:30.520 Giving gamers GPUs, that would be funny. 00:01:30.520 --> 00:01:37.000 There is one small silver lining here though. NVIDIA may resurrect older GPUs to help stabilize supply, 00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:41.160 so you don't get new GPUs. You don't even get current gen GPUs. 00:01:41.160 --> 00:01:45.960 You'll get an old, crusty GPU. We fished out from behind the kitchen cabinet, 00:01:45.960 --> 00:01:49.940 if you behave. Apple's lockdown mode is in the news this week 00:01:49.940 --> 00:01:54.760 after the security feature successfully kept FBI investigators from accessing data 00:01:54.800 --> 00:01:59.080 in a journalist's iPhone 13. After federal agents raided the home 00:01:59.080 --> 00:02:04.200 of Washington Post reporter Hannah Nathanson as part of a classified leaks investigation, 00:02:04.200 --> 00:02:07.400 the FBI forensic unit couldn't extract data from her iPhone 00:02:07.400 --> 00:02:12.620 because it was set to lockdown mode. Apple's extreme security setting built for people 00:02:12.620 --> 00:02:18.060 more likely to be targeted by digital threats, but available to anyone who turns it on in settings. 00:02:18.060 --> 00:02:21.680 It basically breaks a bunch of features on purpose, 00:02:21.680 --> 00:02:26.940 blocking unknown connections, limiting attachments, restricting web connectivity and preventing access 00:02:26.940 --> 00:02:30.980 by device management tools. Essentially, it turns your smartphone 00:02:30.980 --> 00:02:36.100 into an incredibly paranoid brick. The FBI filing notes that they could have 00:02:36.100 --> 00:02:41.180 disabled lockdown mode by compelling Nathanson to unlock it using Face ID, 00:02:41.180 --> 00:02:45.140 because fun fact, they are legally allowed to do that. 00:02:45.140 --> 00:02:51.460 You know, I've always liked PIN codes better anyway. But the reporter had Face ID disabled on her iPhone, 00:02:51.460 --> 00:02:54.700 and the FBI can't force you to disclose your PIN code 00:02:54.700 --> 00:02:58.100 until we all have government mandated Neuralinks. It'll happen. 00:02:58.100 --> 00:03:02.740 Unfortunately for Nathanson, she did have Touch ID set up on her Mac, 00:03:02.740 --> 00:03:05.940 so the authorities were able to access data from that. 00:03:05.940 --> 00:03:09.300 It's another reminder that despite a truly annoying 00:03:09.300 --> 00:03:12.740 elitist vibe and a lot of anti-competitive behavior, 00:03:12.740 --> 00:03:17.820 Apple has leaned harder into privacy features than probably any other big tech company. 00:03:17.820 --> 00:03:21.660 They even have a nifty shortcut, where pressing the power button five times 00:03:21.660 --> 00:03:26.300 on your iPhone disables biometric sign-in and requires a PIN to unlock it. 00:03:26.300 --> 00:03:30.220 Isn't that cool? Just don't press the power button five times on Android, 00:03:30.220 --> 00:03:33.700 most of the time that we'll directly call 911, which, you know, is different. 00:03:33.700 --> 00:03:37.300 The European Commission has preliminarily found TikTok 00:03:37.300 --> 00:03:42.020 in breach of the EU's Digital Services Act for its addictive nature. 00:03:42.020 --> 00:03:45.100 TikTok's basically in trouble for being too enjoyable. 00:03:45.100 --> 00:03:48.580 Better call the fun, police, lame. 00:03:48.580 --> 00:03:52.500 The commission says TikTok's design rewards compulsive scrolling, 00:03:52.500 --> 00:03:55.500 and that existing safeguards like parental controls 00:03:55.500 --> 00:04:01.020 aren't cutting it, especially when the vast majority of people doing that scrolling now are adults anyway. 00:04:01.020 --> 00:04:04.860 The commission has ruled that TikTok needs to disable infinite scroll, 00:04:04.860 --> 00:04:09.100 implement screen time breaks, and overhaul its recommendation system. 00:04:09.100 --> 00:04:12.820 So basically change everything about the app. 00:04:12.820 --> 00:04:18.540 This comes on the heels of a series of US lawsuits taking the big tobacco approach to social media, 00:04:18.540 --> 00:04:22.860 arguing these platforms are addictive products causing personal injury. 00:04:22.860 --> 00:04:26.140 The EU's investigation has been running since early 2024, 00:04:26.140 --> 00:04:30.420 and has already found TikTok guilty of insufficient advertising transparency. 00:04:30.420 --> 00:04:34.660 TikTok now has the chance to defend itself before the investigation concludes, 00:04:34.660 --> 00:04:40.180 and a spokesperson for the company told the Financial Times, they will take whatever steps are necessary 00:04:40.180 --> 00:04:44.540 to keep the app as it is, as addictive as possible. 00:04:44.580 --> 00:04:48.500 Clearly unaware of what side of history they're on there. 00:04:48.500 --> 00:04:51.700 If TikTok can't make a case for keeping the app the same 00:04:51.700 --> 00:04:58.540 and doesn't comply with the EU's requested changes, they face fines of up to 6% of total global revenue. 00:04:58.540 --> 00:05:01.980 You know, at a certain point we gotta be asking how much are these apps really worth? 00:05:01.980 --> 00:05:05.020 At least smoking had the benefit of making you look cool. 00:05:05.020 --> 00:05:09.420 TikTok just lets your uncle share his big shrimp conspiracy theory 00:05:09.420 --> 00:05:15.500 in a medium where all your friends can make fun of him. Dave, you gotta stop posting about big shrimp 00:05:15.500 --> 00:05:19.860 and Kathy is worried. We all are, even our sponsor. 00:05:19.860 --> 00:05:24.100 The QuickBits once spent three years aboard a deep sea vessel in the Pacific 00:05:24.100 --> 00:05:27.300 in an obsessive pursuit of a colossal white whale. 00:05:27.300 --> 00:05:31.500 They were never the same after that. When they returned, the sense of playfulness 00:05:31.500 --> 00:05:33.460 that danced in their eyes had fled. 00:05:36.420 --> 00:05:39.580 The Internet Archive just launched a WordPress plugin 00:05:39.620 --> 00:05:45.540 that automatically fixes Linkrot by redirecting dead URLs to archived versions 00:05:45.540 --> 00:05:50.860 on the Wayback machine, which is great because roughly 38% of links from the past decade 00:05:50.860 --> 00:05:54.740 are already broken. The new plugin scans posts in the background, 00:05:54.740 --> 00:05:59.900 creates snapshots when needed, and even restores links if pages come back online. 00:05:59.900 --> 00:06:04.900 This is huge because it might finally fix all those busted Sonic fan fiction redirects 00:06:04.900 --> 00:06:08.180 on those sketchy forum sites. What does Sonic sound like? 00:06:08.180 --> 00:06:12.700 Whoa, I swear that chili dog just disappeared inside me, Amy. 00:06:12.700 --> 00:06:14.140 I don't know what happened. 00:06:17.340 --> 00:06:21.860 It's another, this is his friend, Sonic's friend. You clearly haven't read enough Sonic fiction. 00:06:21.860 --> 00:06:26.420 Windows 11's latest security update is reportedly causing dropped frames 00:06:26.420 --> 00:06:30.460 and artifacting in games. And NVIDIA says the fix right now 00:06:30.460 --> 00:06:33.740 is to just uninstall it. You know the mandatory security patch? 00:06:33.740 --> 00:06:40.100 Yeah, the workaround is just not just uninstall that. Some users report major FPS drops and visual glitches 00:06:40.100 --> 00:06:43.260 until the games eventually just break. On the bright side, 00:06:43.260 --> 00:06:47.180 the latest Windows Insider build added shared Bluetooth audio. 00:06:47.180 --> 00:06:50.620 So now you and a friend can both hear people screaming 00:06:50.620 --> 00:06:54.660 in CSGO lobbies about dropped frames. I mean, you could do that before, 00:06:54.660 --> 00:06:59.740 if you were playing together, but you get it. iPhone is going to space, baby. 00:06:59.740 --> 00:07:03.180 NASA administrator Jared Isaacman has announced that astronauts 00:07:03.180 --> 00:07:07.980 on the Crew 12 and Artemis II missions will be allowed to bring smartphones to space 00:07:07.980 --> 00:07:12.180 for the first time, replacing the decade old Nikon DSLRs 00:07:12.180 --> 00:07:16.300 and GoPros they were stuck with. Apparently, astronauts are so addicted to TikTok 00:07:16.300 --> 00:07:19.420 that NASA decided it would be dangerous to set them up without it. 00:07:19.420 --> 00:07:26.340 There's way too many movies about people going crazy in space. Artemis II will be the first crewed moon mission since 1972. 00:07:26.340 --> 00:07:32.100 So we're about to get the first smartphone photos from Lunar Orbit, which is great for the astronauts. 00:07:32.100 --> 00:07:36.700 But if I get told one more time on a commercial flight that I can't use my phone during takeoff 00:07:36.700 --> 00:07:40.180 while we're letting people use them during space flights, 00:07:40.180 --> 00:07:44.900 I'm gonna lose it. Substax CEO Chris Best informed users on Tuesday 00:07:44.900 --> 00:07:48.780 that they had just discovered a data breach that occurred in October, 2025. 00:07:48.780 --> 00:07:52.900 The hackers gained access to email addresses, phone numbers and internal metadata. 00:07:52.900 --> 00:07:56.620 Luckily, credit card numbers and passwords were not compromised. 00:07:56.620 --> 00:08:00.620 It's unclear how many users were impacted, but Bleeping Computer reported 00:08:00.620 --> 00:08:05.460 that someone on breach forums leaked a database containing almost 700,000 records 00:08:05.460 --> 00:08:09.740 of allegedly stolen Substax data. So head on over there if you wanna find out 00:08:09.740 --> 00:08:16.060 which of your friends has a monthly subscription to the Sonic the Hedgehog versus Minion slash fiction blog. 00:08:16.060 --> 00:08:19.660 Two Sonic jokes in one video? 00:08:19.660 --> 00:08:24.860 A momentous day. And Senator Elizabeth Warren is pressing Google 00:08:24.860 --> 00:08:28.780 for answers about Gemini's upcoming built-in checkout feature, 00:08:28.780 --> 00:08:32.540 which would let users buy products directly through the AI chatbot 00:08:32.540 --> 00:08:36.700 using a new protocol co-developed with Shopify, Walmart and Target. 00:08:36.700 --> 00:08:40.460 Warren is concerned Google could merge its massive user data 00:08:40.460 --> 00:08:44.300 with retailer data to manipulate consumers into spending more. 00:08:44.300 --> 00:08:50.460 Pointing out Google already admitted the feature will help retailers upsell users on premium products, 00:08:50.460 --> 00:08:56.380 which is pretty embarrassing for her. We're supposed to let tech companies move fast 00:08:56.380 --> 00:09:00.860 and break things, even society in general and then talk about how it's bad, 00:09:00.860 --> 00:09:04.620 but we can't do anything about it because everyone's addicted to the bad thing that's melting our brains. 00:09:04.620 --> 00:09:07.620 Besides, Google is way smarter than us 00:09:07.620 --> 00:09:12.300 because they make $400 billion a year. How much do you make working for the Senate? 00:09:12.300 --> 00:09:16.220 Probably not even a billion. Shut up, Elizabeth Warren. 00:09:16.220 --> 00:09:21.940 Just let me give my credit card info to a chatbot that will get prompt injected into buying me 10,000 Zorb balls. 00:09:21.940 --> 00:09:25.660 It knows what I want. And what I want is for you to get some tickets 00:09:25.660 --> 00:09:29.140 to the whale land and to come back on Monday for more tech news, of course. 00:09:29.140 --> 00:09:34.380 One more whale fact. Whale earwax can reveal their age, like trees. 00:09:34.380 --> 00:09:37.580 Whales, the trees of the water.